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GEORGE HENRY KING, OF SALISBURY, ASSIGNOR OF T\VO-THIRDS TO \VILLIAM HENRY HARRISON TAINTER,, OF KANSAS CITY, AND MI- CHAEL JORDAN, OF HERMANN, MISSOURI.

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QPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 329,651, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed June 12. 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen HENRY KING, of Salisbury, in the county of Chariton and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vindows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains t8 make'and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in windows, and more particularly to windows having revolving or tilting sashes. In an application for Letters Patent, made by Martin S. Millard andinyself, for an improvement in windows, allowed January 12, 1885, Serial N 0. 69,948, a tilting and sliding window-sash was shown and described, in which the side rails of the sash were cut away at or near their centers, and the window-frame was provided with short beads to admit of the tilting motion. Cylindrical cord-guides were there shown removably secured to guide-plates which were pivoted to the sash, as was also a spring-catch forlocking the sash in the desired adjustment.

The object of my present invention is to simplify and make less expensive and perfectly practicable a tilt-ing and sliding windowsash.

VVit-h these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the guide-plate with the pivot, catch, cord, and sash-bearing plate in the positions they assume when the window is closed. Fig. 2 is the same with the sash-bearing plate in the position it assumes when the window is tilted. Fig.3isalongitudinalsectionthrough the center of the guide-plate at right angles to its face. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the catch. Figs. 5, 6, 7,a11d'8reprcsent the double sashes in the positions in a window-frame for ventilation, washing, and glazing, awning and ventilation, and doorway, respectively. Fig. 9 represents a single sash in a position for ventilation. Figs. 10 and 11 represent modifications.

A represents the body of the guide plate,

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which is preferably constructed ofmetal, and is about as wide as the thickness of the sash on which it is to be used, and about as thick as the space between the beads or stops which are ordinarily employed to form guides for the window-sash is deep. The guide A is provided on its back face with a centrally-located grooved tongue or tongues, a, extending longitudinally therewith, and adapted to fit and have a free sliding motion in a groove, b, formed in the window-jamb B. The face of the guideplate A is hollowed out to'save material and weight, and at the same time to provide a recess for the sash-cord, with the exception of a raised hollow portion, a, which is left at a point a short distance from the center toward one end of the guide, to form a strong and extended bearing for the pivot. The groove'in the tongue (I, is adapted to receive the sashcord 0, which is secured to the plate A by means of the three holes :0, y, and 2, which are formed in the bottom of the plate, as follows: One end of the cord is passed from the groove in the tongue through the hole or into the recess in the face of the plate. The cord leads from thence along the groove in the recess in the tongue 0, to the hole y, through which it passes into the recess in the face of A. From thence it passes along the bottom of said recess by the side of the raised portion a to the hole 2, through which it passes into the groove in the tongue, and from thence leads along the groove in the tongue and groove 1) in the windowjamb B to a pulley, 1), at or near the top of the jamb, and from thence down to a suitable weight located behind the jainb. The edges of the holes m, and .c bite the cord and form a grip, which will be the :iirmer the heavier the strain upon the cord. No knot is required and all possibility of slipping is removed.

D is the pivot on which the sash E turns. It preferably consists of a hollow stud of suitable size and length formed integral with the raised portion a of the plate A.

F represents a bearing-plate corresponding in its general outlines to the face of the guide-plate A, and having a thickness sufficient to give it the required rigidity. It is provided with. a perforation, f, adapted to loosely receive pivot D, and has an extended bearing on the face of the raised port-ion a.- It is further provided with a perforation, d, through which the lock-bolt d extends into engagement with a series of perforations, f, formed in the raised portion a, and located in circular form around the pivot D as a center. The plate F is also provided with a suitable number of perforations, f for receiving screws or other fastenings, by which the plate is firmly secured to the sash. The end of the perforation f toward the sash is reamed out, and the end of the pivot is upset, thereby riveting the bearing-plate F to the guideplate A.

The catch for locking the sash in different tilted adjustments consists of a sliding plate, G, terminating at one end in the lock-bolt d. The plate G is located in a recess, 9, formed in the inside face of the sash, and is secured in-place by a plate, 9, provided with an elon gated slot, 9 The sides of the slot are preferably beveled, as shown, and serve to guide a beveled-edged thumb-plate, g, which is secured to the plate-G at its lower end. By pressing on the thumb-plate g the bolt d is thrown into and out of engagement with the perforations f in the guide-plate A.

The sash E is provided on its opposite edges with recesses sufficiently long and deep to accommodate the bearing and guide plates F and A, leaving the outer faces of the guideplate A flush with the side edges of the sash. The length of the recesses eis designed to be enough greater than the width of the windowjamb, measuring from the outer edges of the beads b, to admit of the sash, after the sash has been turned to ahorizontal position, and moved while in a horizontal position either above or below the cut-away portions of the beads, to be tilted into a position, at a small angle with its normal position without the ends of the recess 6 interfering with thebeads; or the beads may be cut away at such pointsas it is found desirable to tilt the sash, and may be left in position Where it is desirable to slide the sash in positions at right angles to the jamb. It is necessary, however, that the inside and outside beads should be cut away at such points as to admit of the bottom of the sash being swung outwardly and top in-.

wardly at some point of their vertically-sliding motion.

The sashes are secured in their positions in the window-frame in the following manner: The sash-cord is first secured to the guide A, as hereinbefore described, and the guide-plate, with the bearing-plate riveted thereto, placed in position in the recess formed in the side rail of the sash for its reception. The bearing-plate F is then secured to the sash at the bottom of the said recess. The sash is now placed between the jambs, with the grooved tongues of the guides in the grooves b, and may be slid up or down at pleasure. A. slight pressure on the thumb-plate g disengages the lock-bolt from the bearing-plate and allovs the sash to be tilted at the desired angle, the lock-bolt entering one of the perforations f, and thereby locking the sash in the tilted adjustment.

I find it advantageous to place buttons or knobs B of some elastic or soft material-rubher, for exampleon the top rail of lower sash, when two sashes are used, to receive the upper sash when turned, to prevent the glass of the upper sash from striking on the fastener used to lock the meeting-rails of the sashes t .gether.

When two sashes are employed to form a window, they may be arranged for ventilation as shown in Fig. 5, directing the hot and cold currents of air in an inclined direction, thereby preventing the annoyance often caused by a draft of air striking a tablecontaining loose papers by scattering and disarranging them, and the liability to take cold by exposing the person sitting near.

The above construction also admits of a very convenient arrangement of the sashes for glazing or washing, as shown. in Fig. 6, where the reverse sides are brought within convenient reach of the operator.

The upper sash may be provided with a curtain, or rendered opaque or translucent by other means, and set as shown in Fig. 7 to form an awning, and the two sashes may be elevated, as shown in Fig. 8, to form adoorway.

Fig. 9 represents a window having but one sash. This may betilted, reversed, depressed, and elevatedin a manner quite similar to one of the sashes in the double-sash window.

The sashes may be held in any desired elevated adjustment by means of weights sufficiently heavy to balance them, or a lockbolt may be introduced for the purpose.

Fig. 10 represents a construction in which such a bolt is employed. In this case the pivot D extends through the sash and is provided with a bolt, H, having a longitudinallysliding motion therein, and held in a normally-withdrawn adjustment by the tension of a spiral spring, h, which surrounds the bolt within the pivot, and is compressed between a shoulder, h, on the bolt and an internal annular shoulder, h, in the pivot. The pivot is also provided with an L-shaped slot, m, adapted to receive a pin or lug, n, on the bolt H. The bolt H is sufficiently long to project through the guide-plate A and enter sockets m", formed in the jamb at suitable intervals along the bottom of the groove b, and when forced into one of the said sockets against the tension. of the spring h is locked in posit on by a partial rotation which throws the pin or lug n into the transverse portion of the slot. The end of the bolt H is conveniently provided with a thumb-plate, o, for giving the bolt the rotary movement.

This latter construction, when slightly modified, asshown in Fig. 11, also serves to lock the sash in the required tilted adjustments. For example, the bolt H may be shortened at its locking end, and a short bolt, H, be yoked thereto parallel therewith and adapted to extend through a perforation in the face of the raised portion a and engage a series of perforations in the bearing-plate corresponding to the perforationsf in the portion a. The spring it will now hold the bolt H automati cally in engagement with the bearing-plate, and the bolt may be released and windowsash tilted by pressing on the bolt H.

It is evident that many changes might be resorted to in the construction of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, isi 1. The combination, with a window frame and sash, of a guide-plate secured to the side of the sash, and provided with a grooved tongue adapted to receive the sash-cord and fit within a groove in the jamb, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a guideplate having a free sliding movement in a groove formed in the jamb, of a window-sash pivotally secured to the guide-plate, and a sliding catch for holding the windowin different open adj nstments, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the window frame and sash, ofthe guide-plate provided with a pivot on which the sash is adapted to rotate, and with a grooved tongue for retaining the guide-plate to the jamb in a vertically-sliding adj ustmcnt and for housing the sash-cord, substantially as set forth.

4. In a window provided with a tilting sash, a guide-plate having a recessed face, agrooved tongue, anda series of perforations extending from the recess in the face to the groove in the tongue, whereby the sashcord may be secured to the plate, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination,with the bearing-plate, of the guide-plate riveted thereto in a free rocking adj nstment, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the bearing-plate secured to the sash-rail, and the guide-plate pivotally secured to the bearing-plate, of a sliding bolt adapted to pass through a perforation in the bearing-plate and engage a series of perforations in the raised portion of the guide-plate, thereby locking the window in the desired tilted adjustment, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HENRY KING.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. R. MULFORD, W. W. RILEY. 

